Which of these is a valid IPv6 address?
A) 2001:::5a88:20a:aff
B) fe80::6ah8:30ab:30
C) fe80:1000:3a88:3011:74dc:3a90:2a77
D) 2601::5502:d101::7908
E) 2601:5:d101:700:12dd:b1ff:fe9a:1edf
F) I don’t think we need to pick favorites
The answer: E) 2601:5:d101:700:12dd:b1ff:fe9a:1edf
An IPv6 address has 128 bits, or 16 bytes represented in 8 hexadecimal groupings.
Option A is using three colons as a compression designation, which isn’t used in IPv6. Using a double colon would have made it a valid address.
Option B includes the letter h, which is not part of a valid hexadecimal address. Hex values are from 0 through 9 and a through f.
Option C is only 14 bytes long.
Option D uses the double colon twice, which is not a valid compression technique.
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